List of vice presidents of India

The vice president of India is the second highest constitutional office in the government of India after the president. 
Discharge
According to Article 63 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or inability. 
At the upper house
The vice president is also the ex officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

List of vice presidents of India

Key
†-Died in office⸸-Resigned
#PortraitNameTerm of officeElectionPresidentParty197x97px|alt=Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanSarvepalli Radhakrishnan13 May 195212 May 19571952Rajendra PrasadIndependent13 May 195712 May 196219572102x102px|alt=Zakir HussainZakir Husain13 May 196212 May 19671962Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan3103x103px|alt=V.V. GiriV. V. Giri ⸸13 May 19673 May 19691967Zakir Hussain 4 Gopal Swarup Pathak31 August 196930 August 1974 1969V. V. Giri 

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed588x88px|alt=B.D. Jatti B. D. Jatti 31 August 1974 30 August 1979  1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Indian National Congress6 110x110px Mohammad Hidayatullah 31 August 1979 30 August 1984  1979Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Zail Singh Independent791x91px|alt=R VenkataramanRamaswamy Venkataraman ⸸31 August 198424 July 19871984Zail SinghIndian National Congress8103x103px|alt=Shankar Dayal SharmaShankar Dayal Sharma ⸸3 September 198724 July 19921987Ramaswamy Venkataraman9103x103px|alt=K.R. NarayananK. R. Narayanan ⸸21 August 199224 July 19971992Shankar Dayal Sharma10 104x104px Krishan Kant† 21 August 1997 27 July 2002  1997K. R. Narayanan

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Janata Dal11110x110px|alt=Bhairon Singh ShekhawatBhairon Singh Shekhawat ⸸19 August 200221 July 20072002A. P. J. Abdul KalamBharatiya Janata Party12100x100px|alt=Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid Ansari11 August 200710 August 20122007Pratibha PatilIndian National Congress 11 August 2012 10 August 2017 2012 Pranab Mukherjee

Ram Nath Kovind1376x76px|alt=Venkaiah NaiduVenkaiah Naidu11 August 201711 August 20222017Ram Nath Kovind

Droupadi MurmuBharatiya Janata Party1476x76px|alt=Jagdeep DhankharJagdeep Dhankhar ⸸11 August 202221 July 20252022 Droupadi Murmu1576x76px|alt=C. P. RadhakrishnanC. P. Radhakrishnan12 September 2025Incumbent2025

References


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